ALLOPATRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does allopatry mean? 

• ALLOPATRY (noun)
  The noun ALLOPATRY has 1 sense:

1. the occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap

  Familiarity information: ALLOPATRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALLOPATRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The occurrence of related organisms in separate geographical areas with no overlap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("allopatry" is a kind of...):

occurrence (an instance of something occurring)

Antonym:

sympatry (the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding)

Derivation:

allopatric ((of biological species or speciation) occurring in areas isolated geographically from one another)